Google ↔ Terradot

Google: a firm purchase of 1,000,000 t of enhanced rock weathering (agricultural) removal from Terradot.

BuyerGoogle

SupplierTerradot

Tonnes1,000,000 t

Capture pathwayEnhanced rock weathering (agricultural)

Storage mediumunknown

Commitment typefirm

Deal structureofftake

Transaction evidenceGoogle has signed its largest carbon removal purchase to date with climate company Terradot, backing a major project in southern Brazil that combines methane reduction from rice farming with permanent carbon removal . The project will cover more than 200,000 hectares or 500,000 acres of rice farmland in Rio Grande do Sul.

Source pathway descriptionAlternate wetting and drying (AWD) to reduce methane from rice fields and Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Storage descriptionremoves CO2 from the atmosphere and stores the carbon in stable forms. This carbon removal is designed to last for thousands of years.

Delivery windowby 2040 for the permanent carbon removal volume; methane elimination volume by 2030

Project locationRio Grande do Sul, Brazil

NotesDeal has two components: 1 million tonnes CO2e of methane elimination (avoidance, out of scope) by 2030 and 1 million tonnes of permanent carbon removal (ERW) by 2040; only the removal share is recorded in tonnes fields. Article notes prior December 2024 Google–Terradot purchase of 200,000 tonnes delivered by the early 2030s. Reuters reported Terradot removal cost remains above $100 per tonne; no

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